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wernotalone
June 4th, 2008, 09:09 PM
I recently got my wireless card drivers installed and working. I was able to connect to my wireless at home twice, but after rebooting/disconnecting, I am no longer able to connect via Wicd, the program gets stuck at "Obtaining an IP Address"

Any help would be welcome.
superprash2003
June 4th, 2008, 09:48 PM
Ensure that DHCP is ON in your wifi router
wernotalone
June 6th, 2008, 06:29 PM
DHCP is enabled on my router, I just checked.

When I turned on my computer today, it connected to my network without any problems.
wernotalone
June 6th, 2008, 06:39 PM
on restart, it would not connect to my wireless network.
wernotalone
June 14th, 2008, 01:39 AM
WOndering if anyone has found a solution. I am still unable to connect.
wernotalone
July 6th, 2008, 01:20 AM
Three weeks later and I am still having this problem. When it will connect, it does so on its own.

If it does not connect and I try to connect to my wireless network, I get the following message:

default: Obtaining IP Address...
None: Obtaining IP Address...
default: Obtaining IP Address...
None: Obtainign Ip Address...

and so on until Wicd says it isn't connected. "default" is the name of my network at home. DHCP is enabled.

Can anyone help?
xcesarfrancox
July 6th, 2008, 01:26 AM
Do you have the same problem with network-manager?
wernotalone
July 6th, 2008, 01:29 AM
i was never able to connect using network manager, so I switched back to wicd.
xcesarfrancox
July 6th, 2008, 01:36 AM
I had a few issues with network-manager so I tried wicd, but I couldn't even get through wired connection, so I did it with the command line:

Take a look at this:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=571188

Also, have you checked that the issue has anything to do with your wifi encryption?
imdano
July 6th, 2008, 02:14 PM
You might want to try out the release candidate (http://www.wicd.net/latest) for the new version of wicd. It's much improved over 1.4.2, and you may find it connects more reliably.
wernotalone
July 6th, 2008, 09:50 PM
Thank you, I will check out the new release and post back.

I am unhappy connecting to the internet through the terminal. Internet should be something that just works in my opinion.
kaervos1024
November 27th, 2008, 04:29 AM
I'm having the same exact problem in 8.10. WICD works most of the time, especially when autoconnecting. If I happen to get disconnected, try to connect by clicking the connect button in WICD client and it will hang at Obtaining Ip Address...

If I put my interface up/down with ifconfig, and try connecting a few more times, it connects eventually.

Gnome network manager never showed any problems.

lspci:

06:04.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05)